Broadband: BT plans to extend coverage to 99.4% of homes by summer 2005
Grok Headline matches for Broadband: BT plans to extend coverage to 99.4% of homes by summer 2005
UK govt calls for 100% broadband
coverage by 2005
UK govt calls for 100% broadband
coverage by 2005
11/13/2003 08:54 AMEasy to say, harder to do
Oftel welcomes BT aiming for 100%
broadband coverage by 2005
Oftel welcomes BT aiming for 100%
broadband coverage by 2005
11/18/2003 02:28 AMPublicTechnology.net Nov 18 2003 1:44AM ET
Israel Plans 530 Settler Homes, with
U.S. Nod (Reuters)
Israel Plans 530 Settler Homes, with
U.S. Nod (Reuters)
08/23/2004 08:39 AMReuters - Israel plans to build more
than 530 new settler homes in the West Bank after Washington
signaled it would accept growth in Jewish enclaves in the
occupied territory, political sources said Monday.
Radionet and Wi-LAN Extend Mäntsälä
Regional Wireless Broadband Network
Radionet and Wi-LAN Extend Mäntsälä
Regional Wireless Broadband Network
06/04/2004 02:45 AMRoughly the size of New York City, MSOYNET X combines Wi-LAN’s
patented W-OFDM broadband wireless technology for backhaul with
Radionet’s Wi-Fi Hotzone technology for last mile-connections [PRWEB
Jun 4, 2004]
BT to double coverage footprint for
broadband SDSL
BT to double coverage footprint for
broadband SDSL
07/06/2004 03:12 AMPublicTechnology.net Jul 6 2004 7:11AM GMT
Sydney Might Have 100 Mbps Wireless
Broadband Coverage
Sydney Might Have 100 Mbps Wireless
Broadband Coverage
04/29/2004 07:38 AMSydney, Australia, WISP Unwired plans 50 by 60 kilometer coverage at
100 Mbps for 95 percent of Sydney: The company is signing up resellers
and will install 63 towers at a cost of Aus$33 million by July. This
all sounds somewhat unrealistic except that the firm has apparently
already raised a fair amount of money and has its plans quite
advanced. (Perhaps it's a fluke of the Australian market, but I don't
understand how a firm raised money without a plan just by using a
shell listed company to avoid the IPO process.) The article muddles
terminology enormously, which isn't unusual when new technologies
appear. The journalist writes, Unwired's 802.16 standard-compliant
Ultra Wideband (WiMax) network... Ultrawideband (UWB) is a
short-range, high-speed technology. 802.16a is the standard underlying
WiMax which has no final spec yet nor a certification program in
place. The last graf is somewhat mystifying: It has been reported that
Intel is involved in the WiMax Forum certification group, an
international 802.16 fixed broadband wireless access standard lobby
group. Intel has not been hiding its interest, and WiMax may lobby but
it's mostly about certification and education, from what we can tell
so far....
Sentech announces new coverage areas for
its broadband wireless Internet services
Sentech announces new coverage areas for
its broadband wireless Internet services
06/03/2004 11:09 PMSunday Times South Africa Jun 4 2004 2:36AM GMT
CNN.com - Congress may extend
daylight-saving time - Apr 7, 2005
CNN.com - Congress may extend
daylight-saving time - Apr 7, 2005
04/08/2005 08:11 PMCNN.com - Congress may extend
daylight-saving time - Apr 7, 2005
CNN.com - Congress may extend
daylight-saving time - Apr 7, 2005
04/08/2005 05:04 AMCNN.com - Congress may extend daylight-saving time - Apr 7, 2005 ..
legislate us out of this
mess
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Summer movies 2005
Summer movies 2005
06/05/2005 11:47 PMReader peter vanDerbeek has gone above and beyond the call of
duty, producing a 2005
summer movie calendar (in iCal format) from the entire NY Times listing with details about each film, and
links to the full NY Times review and movie trailer on apple.com (if
available). If you're a movie fan and have calendaring software that
supports the iCal format, this is a great resource. If your calendar
can't import iCal files, you can still view this calendar on the web in HTML format. Thanks, peter!
Bill Gates : CES Coverage 2005
Bill Gates : CES Coverage 2005
01/06/2005 12:15 AMBill Gates, like many years before, headed up the keynote for the
Consumer Electronics Show 2005. Introduced with some light hearted
comedy by TV presenter Conan O'Brian, Bill Gates keynote announced
Microsoft's plans for the "digital lifestyle" in 2005.
Gates, starting 10 minutes late, announced that many new devices are
joining the "PlaysForSure" Microsoft program; the company
perceives there being problems amongst consumers as them being unsure
as to what music / content plays on what devices. Microsoft hope that
any concerns on these issues will be alleviated by this program. Gates
described music somewhat vaguely as "going digital", and
suggested the company was "pioneering" in the area. He
showed off the
iRiver device, and the
Samsung PMC. The ability to view photos on
PMC devices like the Samsung was touched on by Gates, who discussed
Microsoft’s advances in the area of viewing pictures. He’s hoping to
make it simpler to transfer digital content like pictures onto your PC
and demoed a camera (
Nikon D2X) with new transfer technology, as well
as in built wireless connectivity. Gate’s looked rather frustrated
when attempting to demo slide show technology on MCE 2005;
unfortunately, despite numerous attempts (and comic suggestions from
O’Brian) the slideshow failed to work until later in the show. It
became clear later that the bit had been setup to provide O’Brian / MS
PR team with an opportunity to Photoshop some photos of Gates for
comedy value; all in all the demo had three major failures.
Gates focused on “choice”, highlighting a commitment to letting people
view content when they wanted, on whatever device they wanted. He
described the centre piece for the drive as Windows
Media Center Edition, and noted that they had
shipped 1.4 million MCE devices. Products announced at CES included a
MSN TV device, a DVD Recording device, new SPOT watches, IP-TV, and
much more. Demoed was the MCE Extender for X-Box and MSN Remote Record
(currently in beta, to be launched later this quarter). The DVD
recorder was also demoed; the device is a records DVD’s, and also has
a TV tuner and a hard drive packaged together; the box is made by LG,
and features a MCE-esque style layout, with a very simple
functionality. This device is one of many new “integrated devices”
that Microsoft is keen on launching with MCE 2005. It also became
clear that the company is enthusiastic with High Definition (HD) TV
devices, offering high quality content in the home. One of the
presenters talked about voice, video and data coming through the same
pipe- named "IP-TV", an exciting, high bandwidth (and
perhaps futuristic) vision of content being offered in the years to
come. Software was demoed showing a baseball game where users could
control elements like angles viewed, made possible via IP-TV. The
potentials did seem quite endless for the technology, with a demo
being given on content being streamed from a MCE box onto a mobile
phone, and a mobile phone interacting with the box, functioning as a
big remote control. It’s re-assuring that Microsoft aren’t just
focusing on delivering content to one device (MCE boxes) but much
more; it’s also rather worrying that the company could be dominating
in many more markets.
Gates also announced a partnership between Microsoft, music channel
MTV, and
Tivo. Microsoft's
relationship with MTV is key for its push into the media centre
market. The company badly needs media providers like MTV to create
unique content to get users on the Windows Media platform. As part of
the agreement, MTV (and its sub-sites) will begin streaming content
using WMV 10. Microsoft wants to channel more content from providers
like MTV onto their media devices. The announcement comes with
MSN
Video, offering content for download straight to media devices
like the Creative Zen PMC. "We've declared our vision of enabling
digital entertainment anywhere, and today we are delivering three more
solutions to make that possible," said Blair Westlake, VP of
Media at Microsoft.
Tivo's recently launched "
TiVoToGo" will be done in partership with
Microsoft, allowing customers to transfer content recorded from TV
onto their Windows PC. Microsoft will offer a membership based
download service from the site, charging $19.99 per year for
un-limited access to content offered online. Content will be available
from Microsoft partners like MTV, as well as CNBC, MSNBC, Fox Sports,
Cookie Jar, Home and Garden TV, DIY Network, Food Network, Fine
Living, iFilm, Want Media and Break TV. Content offered will be
suitable for the range of "PlaysForSure" devices and will
later be compatible with Smartphones and Pocket PCs that support
video.
Xbox news was limited to discussion about the
products achievements over the past year, and noted that the X-Box
actually outsold the PS2. He noted
Halo-2’s
success, and said that there were 6.2m users playing the game. He
noted a commitment to making it easier for developers to code games
for the Xbox platform. Rumours that CES would see the launch of X-Box
2 were false; he touched on the fact that the next generation of Xbox
would be taking advantage of much higher graphics power, which
combined with HD-TV would produce much more enticing games.
All in all, Gates announced an impressive line up of new products at
CES. Although MCE didn't really take off as well as it might have last
year, the company hopes that 2005 will see far more interest in the
product. Microsoft hopes to re-assert itself in areas where it perhaps
lagged behind, and the offerings shown at this years CES are certain
impressive enough to make a good start.
View:
MicrosoftRead full story...X-bit labs CeBIT 2005 Coverage: Day 6
X-bit labs CeBIT 2005 Coverage: Day 6
03/19/2005 02:30 AMPoll: Gas prices hurting summer vacation
plans (USATODAY.com)
Poll: Gas prices hurting summer vacation
plans (USATODAY.com)
05/26/2004 07:22 AMUSATODAY.com - Most Americans expect record gasoline prices to cause
them financial problems and affect their vacation plans, a new USA
TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows. And both presidential candidates are
trying to capitalize on their concerns.
Summer 2005, Must be the Season of the
Niche
Summer 2005, Must be the Season of the
Niche
06/24/2005 03:05 PMSummer 2005 Vaio Notebooks
Summer 2005 Vaio Notebooks
04/12/2005 11:31 AM
Apart from the new Vaio type H desktop we just told
you about, Sony announced new Vaio type A, S, and F notebooks. The
type A series now includes FeliCa contactless IC support, and adds a
model with a 15.4" screen to the lineup. Vaio type S is renewed with
better specifications such as a Pentium M 750, 512MB of RAM, an 80GB
hard drive, and GeForce Go 6200. Finally, the type Fs contain a range
of specification improvements across all models, but of note would be
the new "TV Port Replicator," an optional MPEG-2 hardware encoder
board available for about 30,000 yen. Sadly, it seems Sony has omitted
FeliCa support in the type S and F notebooks.
Press
Release [Sony]
New Motorola Smartphone With Keyboard
Due Out Summer 2005
New Motorola Smartphone With Keyboard
Due Out Summer 2005
02/05/2005 09:10 PMSmartphone Thoughts Feb 2 2005 4:08PM GMT
Microsoft to Extend the Reach of Live
Communications Server 2005 to Mobile
Devices
Microsoft to Extend the Reach of Live
Communications Server 2005 to Mobile
Devices
04/19/2005 03:45 AMMicrosoft Corp. today announced it is extending Microsoft® Office
Live Communications Server 2005 capabilities to mobile devices,
enabling companies to deploy trusted instant messaging (IM) and
presence-enabled solutions that provide a consistent experience across
PCs and smart mobile devices. As an initial step, the company unveiled
plans to deliver a new mobile Live Communications Server 2005 client,
for Windows Mobile (TM) -based devices.
United Power Reaps Benefits of
TruckMap*™ Implementation; Utility plans
to expand and extend system based on
worker feedback
United Power Reaps Benefits of
TruckMap*™ Implementation; Utility plans
to expand and extend system based on
worker feedback
06/07/2004 02:44 AMhar*GIS, LLC, provider of mobile Field Information Systems™ that
dramatically improve field crew productivity, today shared results to
date realized by its customer, United Power, a Touchstone Energy
Cooperative. United Power lineworkers have reported increased time
savings and productivity thanks to their use of the har*GIS TruckMap*
system. [PRWEB Jun 7, 2004]
CeBIT 2005 Coverage: New Windows Mobile
Smartphone: Pantech PH-S8000T
CeBIT 2005 Coverage: New Windows Mobile
Smartphone: Pantech PH-S8000T
03/19/2005 02:41 AMSmartphone Thoughts Mar 19 2005 3:24AM GMT
BT plans universal broadband
BT plans universal broadband
06/10/2004 11:30 AMCNET Jun 10 2004 4:09PM GMT
Broadband providers drop plans
Broadband providers drop plans
12/15/2003 01:20 AMZDNet Australia Dec 15 2003 0:43AM ET
Yahoo Plans Big Expansion of Broadband
Yahoo Plans Big Expansion of Broadband
01/16/2003 03:04 AMAnd last month, it agreed to buy Intkomi, a maker of search software,
to help its search service win back users who have defected to Google.
...
Netspace targets gamers with broadband
plans
Netspace targets gamers with broadband
plans
05/27/2004 12:19 AMZDNet Australia May 27 2004 4:25AM GMT
Kerry's broadband policy plans emerging
Kerry's broadband policy plans emerging
04/21/2004 07:52 PMHigh-speed Internet issues are not likely to top Iraq headlines as
presidential debate fodder, but the outline of the major candidates'
broadband electoral planks are coming into view.
Start-up puts broadband plans into orbit
Start-up puts broadband plans into orbit
07/19/2004 04:55 PMWildBlue launches a satellite carrying its high-speed Net access gear
into outer space. Can it succeed where others failed?
The Downsides Of Weak Presidential
Broadband Plans
The Downsides Of Weak Presidential
Broadband Plans
04/27/2004 12:59 PMLast month, when President Bush made his call for "universal
broadband," we noted that the statement was
fairly
meaningless. Now that he's been talking about it again, there
have been plenty of press reports talking about the announcement, but
not much in the way of details. Now, Gregory Rosston is pointing out
that the announcement without any real plan behind it is almost
guaranteed to
make broadband
much more expensive. What we have now is a vague goal and no
plan. That's the cue for all sorts of special interests and policy
wonks to try to carve out a piece of this "opportunity" for
themselves, rather than a plan for actually promoting broadband usage.
Senator Kerry is getting set to launch his own plan for broadband
later this week - and the initial report suggest it's not much better.
Yet another lesson in election politics: make broad, general
statements ("universal broadband for all!") with no real plan to back
it up (planning is hard) and don't bother looking at the real
consequences of what you're suggesting. In the meantime, without any
help from a Presidential plan, it appears that, via the market,
broadband is growing at a rapid clip, and plenty of companies are
seizing the market opportunity to offer broadband where it's needed.
Universal broadband is an excellent goal. It's just not clear that
there's been any sort of market failure that requires the government
to step in.
Disney plans broadband offerings for
kids
Disney plans broadband offerings for
kids
04/11/2005 03:50 AMSan Jose Mercury News Apr 11 2005 7:48AM GMT
Disney Plans Broadband Offerings for
Kids (AP)
Disney Plans Broadband Offerings for
Kids (AP)
04/11/2005 04:00 AMAP - The Walt Disney Co. is expanding its broadband offerings for
kids, adding activities for preschoolers and planning a second
multiplayer online game aimed at teens.
Outsourcing, Rising Health Care Costs
and HSAs Highlight Media Coverage in
First HR Intelligence Trend Report for
2005
Outsourcing, Rising Health Care Costs
and HSAs Highlight Media Coverage in
First HR Intelligence Trend Report for
2005
03/29/2005 03:55 AMHRmarketer.com, the no. 1 online marketing and PR service in the human
capital industry, has introduced monthly trend reports that will track
companies and topics receiving most media attention, the top
advertisers, and the overall health of the human resource marketplace.
[PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]
She-Tech.com Combines Handbag
Sophistication with Form and Function in
its New Line of Women’s Laptop Cases for
Spring/Summer 2005
She-Tech.com Combines Handbag
Sophistication with Form and Function in
its New Line of Women’s Laptop Cases for
Spring/Summer 2005
04/11/2005 03:45 AMHandbag sophistication meets form and function in She-Tech.com’s new
line of women’s laptop cases for Spring/Summer 2005. Building upon the
success of their debut line, She-Tech.com, an Atlanta-based designer
and online retailer of laptop cases for women, once again bridges
style, fashion, and function; this time by combining handbag
craftsmanship with bold and bright textiles. [PRWEB Apr 11, 2005]
Broadband-for-all possible by 2005 - BT
Broadband-for-all possible by 2005 - BT
11/17/2003 06:56 AMTelco sets triggers for 2300 more exchanges
PCCW opens kimono (a little) on UK
broadband wireless plans
PCCW opens kimono (a little) on UK
broadband wireless plans
09/15/2004 07:37 AMThe Register Sep 15 2004 12:13PM GMT
Broadband to dominate UK by 2005
Broadband to dominate UK by 2005
06/15/2004 06:43 AMWill outstrip dial-up
Speed limit Plans to get everyone using
broadband may fail says Bill Thompson
Speed limit Plans to get everyone using
broadband may fail says Bill Thompson
11/14/2003 11:29 AMBBC Nov 14 2003 10:45AM ET
Timms - broadband should be in every
community by end 2005
Timms - broadband should be in every
community by end 2005
11/13/2003 03:09 AMPublicTechnology.net Nov 13 2003 2:16AM ET
2005 Plans
2005 Plans
01/01/2005 08:56 AM
I haven't been posting much but I am still here, a little busy, but
here nonetheless.
On the last day of 2004, I am thinking about some of the ideas I'll
be working on
next year.
Most significant one is a new form of micropayment service. I
hesitate to call
it technology because there is nothing new there in terms of
technology. Rather,
it's pulling together old pieces into new configuration and wrapped
with easy to use
surface. The goal is to make micro-content purchase addictive
and hassle-free.
A less grandiose idea is hopefully a mobile killer app: HyperCard
for mobile devices.
The goal here is to make it really easy for cellphone users to
create and share simple
mobile apps.
I am gonna start exploring and experimenting with both ideas and
see where they might
lead.
Happy New Year Everyone.
Broadband Providers Monitor Philly's
Plans To Offer Citywide Wi-Fi
(Investor's Business Daily)
Broadband Providers Monitor Philly's
Plans To Offer Citywide Wi-Fi
(Investor's Business Daily)
09/09/2004 07:58 PMInvestor's Business Daily - With Philadelphia's recent proposal to
install a citywide broadband wireless network, will there be brotherly
love between the city and its broadband service providers?
CompAmerica Announces 20% off all PCs,
Laptops, Servers, Software and Services
at its new PC-Giants.com
Business-to-Business Computer Shopping
Portal for the Summer of 2005
CompAmerica Announces 20% off all PCs,
Laptops, Servers, Software and Services
at its new PC-Giants.com
Business-to-Business Computer Shopping
Portal for the Summer of 2005
06/05/2005 11:14 PMCompAmerica indicated that its ultra-sophisticated new electronic
computer products and parts-buying store/portal, could save anyone as
much as 37% off the usual store pricing on products from 500 brand
names, many of which aren’t available at stores like CompUSA, PC
Warehouse, other online stores, or Radio Shack. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2005]
More than Half of Dial-Up Subscribers
Interested in Upgrading to Broadband
During 2005
More than Half of Dial-Up Subscribers
Interested in Upgrading to Broadband
During 2005
03/22/2005 04:25 PMNew research from The Diffusion Group finds a marked increase in the
number of dial-up subscribers likely to upgrade to broadband in the
next several months. [PRWEB Mar 22, 2005]
Grok Description matches for Broadband: BT plans to extend coverage to 99.4% of homes by summer 2005
GrokA matches for Broadband: BT plans to extend coverage to 99.4% of homes by summer 2005
Rumor Mill: EvDO in NYC?
Rumor Mill: EvDO in NYC?
08/27/2004 01:30 PMRumors are flying that Verizon is in the midst of building out EvDO in
New York City: NYC will serve as a crucial example of how the
higher-speed mobile data networks compete next to Wi-Fi. Both networks
have upsides in the city. Wi-Fi is higher speed, lower cost, and
available in many places. EvDO will be lower speed, higher cost, but
available in more places (although cellular coverage is notoriously
bad in the city). At the end of the day, there's a niche for both
networks and if the price is right, enough customers for both....
Notes and Tips: EVDO
Notes and Tips: EVDO
04/14/2005 10:22 AMMCG is playing with "EVDO" wireless on PowerBooks.
Real-Time Car Tracking with EVDO
Real-Time Car Tracking with EVDO
03/23/2005 05:36 PM
This is why EVDO cellular internet is cool: the guys from
EVDOInfo.com rigged together a little application using off the shelf
parts to display on a web page their car, its exact location and
velocity, as well as the current view out their window. It's tricks
like these that will make EVDO (and UMTS, if Cingular ever gets it
deployed) a standard feature for "carputers" before long.
And to think, just a few short years ago these technologies were
reserved for child molesters and enemies of the state.
EVDO GPS WebCam Mapping [EVDOInfo]
He combined VoIP and EVDO: and here's
what happened
He combined VoIP and EVDO: and here's
what happened
04/07/2005 01:18 PMZDNet Apr 7 2005 4:38PM GMT
4400 Square Miles of EVDO
4400 Square Miles of EVDO
12/19/2004 03:18 PM Verizon Wireless says they've blanketed Los Angeles and environs: Its
BroadbandAccess service, its name for the package of 1xEv-DO they've
rolled out (or just plain EVDO if you want to be simpler about it)
fills Los Angeles County, parts of Riverside County and San Bernadino
County, and most of San Diego and Orange County. Overall, about 4400
square miles of coverage across populated SoCal. This announcement is
interesting because it was never entirely clear how much of a
metropolitan area that Verizon intended to install EVDO
throughout--100 percent? 95 percent? The city but not the suburbs?
Their work here is a clear signal that they're talking metro
deployment, not urban deployment....
Verizon's Edge, I Mean, EvDO on the
Competition
Verizon's Edge, I Mean, EvDO on the
Competition
10/28/2003 11:09 PMCell carriers are pretty far behind on 3G, but Verizon's early
deployment may give it an edge -- I mean, a competitive advantage:
While GSM operators struggle with GPRS (10 to 50 Kbps) and are rapidly
trying to get EDGE fully deployed (100 Kbps), Sprint is staying the
course with 1xRTT (50 to 70 Kbps), and T-Mobile and Nextel don't seem
to be in the running for anything more interesting. Verizon Wireless's
early 3G deployment (1xEvDO, 300 to 500 Kbps) in San Diego and
Washington, D.C., may pay off, Matt Maier of Business 2.0 notes,
because they simply have this service now at a fixed rate. The advent
of cell phone number portability about to be engaged ties in with
this: Verizon is the only cell company to back it. They want people to
switch over, sign up for data, and then lock them in with long-term
contracts and the only real 3G that will have any scope in 2004. Great
plan! (All speeds more or less real world, not the advertised
ones.)...
New book on EVDO Broadband Wireless
New book on EVDO Broadband Wireless
09/11/2004 03:22 AMIntroduction to EVDO explains the fundamentals of the EVDO system, the
products it uses, how it operates, what services it can offer, and how
EVDO fits and compares with other mobile radio technologies. [PRWEB
Sep 11, 2004]
MSNBC Writer Praises EVDO
MSNBC Writer Praises EVDO
12/19/2004 03:18 PM Gary Krakow loves EVDO: Verizon Wireless's 1xEv-DO cellular data
service isn't available everywhere yet, but Krakow loves even the
current level of ubiquity and speed. A number of my colleagues think
that even a few hundred kilobits per second of download will be
adequate for most users, rendering Wi-Fi connected to a T1 line or
even faster ADSL service--like 6 Mbps down and 768 Kbps--a bit of
overkill. I tend to think these colleagues don't fully appreciate how
many business travelers there are in the U.S.--40 million of them by
one count, 30 million of which carry laptops--and how many of those
travelers have high-bandwidth applications that they struggle to use.
Customer-relation management (CRM) software, Java or ActiveX based
internal applications, or even simple file exchange requires a fair
amount of bandwidth to offer the "it's like I'm in the office"
experience. Even uploading a 10 MB PowerPoint presentation is torture
at the 50 to 100 Kbps per speed that's the maximum that EVDO can offer
right now. Downloads might break 2 Mbps at peak performance, more
likely averaging a very respectable few hundred Kbps, but uploads
aren't emphasized in the current generation of technology. Tell that
to the folks trying to send high-resolution pictures and movies from
fancy new camera phones, too! Krakow doesn't overstate the advantages
of EVDO, however. He's pretty realistic. And for general email and Web
browsing, EVDO is more than adequate. Remember that the 1x in 1xEv-DO
stands for 1.25 MHz of spectrum. A 3x flavor of CDMA2000 will use 3.75
MHz and be able to offer much more speed in both directions. One
flavor in the lab would bring peak upload to 1 Mbps, for instance....
more EVDO: Verizon building big, fast,
unwired data network
more EVDO: Verizon building big, fast,
unwired data network
01/08/2004 07:46 PMVerizon is announcing plans to spend $1B US in the next two years to
develop a wireless broadband network that will offer 300-- 500K speeds
at $79.99 a month, starting this summer.
The network, which will use third-generation or "3G"
technology provided by Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO), will be fast
enough to allow consumers to download video and music as well as send
video messages. The high-speed network, called BroadbandAccess, will
be available to businesses and individual customers beginning in the
summer of 2004. Since 2003, Verizon has operated wireless broadband
networks in Washington, D.C., in a partnership with Lucent
Technologies, and in San Diego with Nortel Networks.
Link
The Florida Group has officially
announced the launch of its Siesta Key
Real Estate site launch
The Florida Group has officially
announced the launch of its Siesta Key
Real Estate site launch
08/18/2004 02:36 AMThe Florida Group has officially announced the launch of its Siesta
Key Real Estate site launch, http://www.sarasotagroup.com. The launch
comes at a convenient time for realtors in the Siesta Key area, with
claims that real estate is “booming”. [PRWEB Aug 18, 2004]
Q Comm Broadens Market With Commercial
Launch of Its Prepaid Application for
the Verifone Omni 3750 Launch Comes
Ahead of Schedule
Q Comm Broadens Market With Commercial
Launch of Its Prepaid Application for
the Verifone Omni 3750 Launch Comes
Ahead of Schedule
06/10/2004 03:18 AMQ Comm International, Inc. (Amex: QMM; QMM.WS), a provider of prepaid
transaction processing and electronic point-of-sale (POS) distribution
solutions, today announced that it has commercially launched its
prepaid application for the VeriFone Omni 3750 terminal. This new
application will enable the electronic distribution of prepaid and
related services through the Omni 3750, which is a payment-processing
terminal currently used for merchant processing of credit and debit
card payments in thousands of locations. Q Comm supports the Omni 3750
terminal with its proprietary backend transaction processing platform.
Once the new Q Comm firmware and POS software are downloaded onto the
terminal, which can occur remotely over a standard phone line, the
terminal can be used immediately to sell any of the prepaid products
in Q Comm’s product library including wireless, long distance, home
dial tone, Internet, MasterCard and more, as well as the postpaid or
“bill pay” services of Verizon, Sprint and others. [PRWEB Jun 10,
2004]
Sprint PCS goes CSS
Sprint PCS goes CSS
11/19/2003 12:31 AMThe Sprint PCS site has
relaunched, using XHTML 1.0 transitional and CSS. It's another great
example of a mostly web standards compliant commerical/corporate;
there are a few validation errors thanks to a quarrelsome CMS. France Rupert is the
lead developer behind the new site and is promising a
detailed writeup of the process and challenges behind the redesign.
France hails from Kansas City, so hopefully we'll be able to get him
along to a web
meetup in the not too distant future.
In related news, WaSP have an excellent interview up with
Dan Cederholm, lead developer behind the high profile Fast Company and Inc.com web standards redesigns and
squire of Simple Bits. The
interview has a lot of great anecdotes about how switching to
standards saved both time and money.
The New AT&T Wireless Is Sprint
The New AT&T Wireless Is Sprint
05/18/2004 03:04 PMThis isn't a huge surprise, considering that everyone
expected
this move back in March, but AT&T has made it official that
they've
signed an MVNO
agreement with Sprint to use their network for their own wireless
carrier offering. Just like Sprint's deal with Virgin Mobile, Sprint
gives AT&T the network, and AT&T does all the branding. They plan to
offer bundled offerings that tie the mobile phone service to their
local, long distance and VoIP offerings - all of which makes sense.
What still hasn't be made clear, however, is if they'll go back to
using the AT&T Wireless name. They get the rights back as soon as the
current AT&T Wireless completes the deal to be acquired by Cingular
(late this year). However, the AT&T Wireless name has such a bad
reputation these days, they may be better off not doing so. Besides,
the level of confusion among consumers probably isn't worth it.
Still, it is amusing to trace the history of AT&T's wireless offerings
from a startup they bought, to something they spun out, to something
they wish they had again. Of course, maybe they get the last laugh.
They got a lot of cash in spinning out AT&T Wireless and now they'll
have a wireless offering without actually having to run a network.
Either way, it's a bit amusing to see what will more or less amount to
a "new entrant" in the space just as everyone was calling for the
entire US wireless carrier market to consolidate.
New Sprint TV Service Is Not TV
New Sprint TV Service Is Not TV
11/17/2003 09:13 AMTechfocus Nov 17 2003 8:29AM ET
Sprint PCS goes to the videos
Sprint PCS goes to the videos
12/03/2003 01:24 PMCNET Dec 3 2003 12:17PM ET
Sprint Tries Out New IBM Tools
Sprint Tries Out New IBM Tools
07/06/2004 01:52 PMSprint Corp. will be among the first customers to take advantage of
new software IBM introduced last week to help wireless carriers
provide better service to enterprise customers.
Gold for GB sprint four
Gold for GB sprint four
08/28/2004 02:48 PMBritain's men's 4x100m relay team win a stunning gold medal in Athens.
Sprint to cut 1,100 workers
Sprint to cut 1,100 workers
06/16/2004 11:30 AMCiting increased competition in the long-distance market, the company
says its will begin laying off employees in July.
Sprint Gets BlackBerry
Sprint Gets BlackBerry
08/16/2004 12:41 PMOoh, I can slide this one in short and sweet: Sprint is getting
BlackBerry, later this year. Details to follow.
Read -
BlackBerry Coming to Sprint [SlashPhone]
Sprint to axe 1,100 jobs
Sprint to axe 1,100 jobs
06/17/2004 06:50 AMCompetitive market blamed
Sprint goes to the videos
Sprint goes to the videos
12/03/2003 12:35 AMSprint PCS plans to unveil its own version of cell phone video on
Wednesday, a service designed to let people exchange 15-second
homemade videos.
Sprint Rebate
Sprint Rebate
02/25/2003 12:20 PMThrough the end of March, Sprint is offering a $100 rebate on the
Handspring Treo 300, Samsung SPH-i330, and Toshiba...
Sprint Announces LG MM-535
Sprint Announces LG MM-535
03/14/2005 06:02 PM
Sprint is
showing off the LG MM-535 slider phone, with a 1.3-megapixel camera,
3D sound, and video-on-demand services. Jon Gales from MobileTracker
thought he recalled the MM-535 to have Bluetooth, but there's no word
on it in Sprint's feature lists.
Expect the LG MM-535 for around $230 after rebates.
LG
MM-535 announced by Sprint PCS [MobileTracker]
Sprint Name Wins Out
Sprint Name Wins Out
06/24/2005 09:26 PMSiliconValley.Internet.com Jun 25 2005 1:57AM GMT
Sprint to Get Behind WiMax
Sprint to Get Behind WiMax
02/06/2005 01:11 AMTechnocrat.net Feb 6 2005 2:25AM GMT
Sprint to lay off 1,100 workers
Sprint to lay off 1,100 workers
06/16/2004 04:29 PMSprint said today it plans to lay off 850 workers in its Sprint
Business Solutions division and as many as 250 employees in corporate
jobs that support that division, including IT workers.
Sprint earnings down 87%
Sprint earnings down 87%
04/20/2004 10:15 PMUSA Today Apr 21 2004 2:49AM GMT
Sprint Nextel's New Logo
Sprint Nextel's New Logo
06/24/2005 04:02 PM
Every time a pin drops, an angel
gets its wings.
That's all I've got. I actually don't hate it, really, and it'll be
good for Sprint to ditch the red and white (also Verizon's colors) to
go with something a bit more shocking. Now they just need to co-brand
a phone with DeWalt with swappable drill bits.
Sprint plans credits
Sprint plans credits
08/09/2004 07:48 AMUSA Today Aug 9 2004 12:02PM GMT
Sprint claims 'world spe
Sprint claims 'world spe
06/18/2004 10:08 PMTechzonez Jun 19 2004 2:21AM GMT
Broadband: BT plans to extend coverage to 99.4% of homes by summer 2005
